Leave it to an architect to create a shelving system that’s just as versatile as building blocks. The work of Belgian-Dane Julien De Smedt of JDS Architects, this modular system lets you create a shelving unit to fit your particular space and style. “Our projects are humanly designed, politically engaged, financially viable and structurally realistic,” says the designer. When asked how he sees the “new Nordic” celebrated by the Danish company Muuto, De Smedt says it is “like an embrace of a southern culture with a northern rigueur.” The embodiment of that vision, his Stacked Shelving Set (2008) can be randomly stacked or precisely coordinated into a tight grid. The shelves are scaled to accommodate all kinds of books and other media, and while there are only two sizes included, there are actually several shapes to experiment with, depending on how you position the two rectangles. The negative spaces created between them give you even more orientation options. Podium, additional clips and wall mounting kit sold separately. Made in China.

This set includes two large shelves in white, one medium shelf in white, one medium shelf in ash and four white clips to connect boxes together.

Leave it to an architect to create a shelving system that’s just as versatile as building blocks. The work of Belgian-Dane Julien De Smedt of JDS Architects, this modular system lets you create a shelving unit to fit your particular space and style. “Our projects are humanly designed, politically engaged, financially viable and structurally realistic,” says the designer. When asked how he sees the “new Nordic” celebrated by the Danish company Muuto, De Smedt says it is “like an embrace of a southern culture with a northern rigueur.” The embodiment of that vision, his Stacked Shelving Set (2008) can be randomly stacked or precisely coordinated into a tight grid. The shelves are scaled to accommodate all kinds of books and other media, and while there are only two sizes included, there are actually several shapes to experiment with, depending on how you position the two rectangles. The negative spaces created between them give you even more orientation options. Podium, additional clips and wall mounting kit sold separately. Made in China.

This set includes two large shelves in white, one medium shelf in white, one medium shelf in ash and four white clips to connect boxes together.

"Our projects are humanly designed, politically engaged, financially viable, and structurally realistic," says Julien De Smedt, the founder and director of Copenhagen-based JDS Architects. With works such as Maritime Youth House and The Iceberg apartment building, the internationally recognized designer and architect has generated a renewed awareness of architecture in Denmark.

De Smedt was born in Brussels and received his diploma from the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London. Prior to founding JDS Architects, he worked with Rotterdam-based OMA and co-founded PLOT, an architecture firm in Copenhagen. Read more >